Microsoft Bing has been infused with OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology. The company confirmed OpenAI’s chatbot tech was going to be integrated into both Bing and Edge at the Microsoft ChatGPT event in early February. Since then, the search engine has received more attention than it ever has.
Microsoft has rolled out access to the new Bing with ChatGPT to a limited group of people. According to Microsoft corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, Yusuf Mehdi (opens in new tab), there are “multiple millions” on the waitlist. Because of that, folks will have to wait until they’re granted access. However, there are steps you can take to get faster access to the new Bing.
Below, we’ll detail how to get early access to the new Bing with ChatGPT.
How to get ChatGPT with Bing early access
Though you can access Bing from any browser, the only way to access the new Bing with ChatGPT is to open it in Microsoft’s Edge browser — at least at time of publication.
Getting started is a straightforward process. But as mentioned above, you’ll be put on a (long) waitlist to get access to the new Bing. With that said, these are the steps to follow.
1. Open Microsoft Edge. The fastest way is to click the Start button on Windows 11 and type “Edge” then hit Enter and navigate to www.bing.com/new.
2. Hit Join the waitlist.
3. Type in the email and password associated with your Microsoft account, if asked.
That’s all there is to it.
How to get faster access to ChatGPT with Bing
Getting on the waitlist is easy. But given the number of people currently on said waitlist, you’ll have to be patient. To increase your odds of being granted access to Bing with ChatGPT, Microsoft recommends the following actions:
1. Set Microsoft Edge as your default browser.
2. Download the Microsoft Edge app from the Microsoft Store.
We can’t say how much faster you’ll be granted access by following these steps, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to follow Microsoft’s recommendations. We’ve also seen anecdotal reports that Microsoft may be prioritizing folks that use its services, especially (and obviously) Bing. So once you’ve done the above, it probably wouldn’t hurt to log in under your Microsoft account and run some Bing searches to increase your stock of Microsoft Rewards points.
How to use Bing with ChatGPT
As detailed in our how to use the new Bing with ChatGPT guide, you’ll notice an immediate difference when you start using Bing with ChatGPT. That’s because search results will be delivered in a more conversational tone instead of just links. You’ll be able to see as Bing parses your questions and searches for answers. You can also help refine your search by telling Bing what you think of its results.
You can read a full rundown of our experience with the chatbot, by reading the article linked in this section. Below is a brief overview of how the new Bing works.
1. To use Bing with ChatGPT, point your web browser (which should be Edge for the foreseeable future) to www.bing.com and type your question into the search box. While Microsoft is transitioning everyone to the new Bing you may need to type in www.bing.com/new to specifically access the new version.
2. Now type in your search query and hit Enter. If you have access to the new Bing with ChatGPT you should see a chat window appear with your query phrased as the opening line. If you see a standard list of search results instead, you may need to click the Chat button near the top of the page to switch Bing into Chat mode.
Once you do you’ll see how Bing has parsed your query, and you’ll be able to watch as it writes you an answer live. If you get tired of it, you can hit “Stop responding” to tell it to stop.
At the bottom, you’ll see footnoted references to where the bot is pulling the data from, and after it’s done writing you’ll see sample responses listed.
3. Instead of clicking a link and continuing your research on your own, you can keep chatting with Bing to learn more or refine your search. Bing serves up a slew of suggested follow-up questions after every search, but you’re free to ask it your own follow-ups.
4. If you ask another question, Bing returns footnotes with links to where it found the info. It also has suggestions for what you can ask next. You’ll see thumbs up/thumbs down icons appear when you hover over a response, which you can click to let Microsoft know if the response was good or bad, respectively. You can click on the Feedback button in the bottom-right corner if you see anything that requires more comment.
For more tips on how to get creative with AI-powered tools, check out our guides to How to use the DALL•E 2 AI image generator, how to use Midjourney and how to use Starry AI on iPhone.
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